JURIST Special Guest Columnist H.A. Hellyer of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK, says that the worldwide controversy over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad is symptomatic of a new type of tribalism...
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Terror glorification offense again rejected in UK upper house
The UK House of Lords Tuesday voted by a margin of 160-156 to remove references to the "glorification" of terrorism from the Terrorism Bill , proposed after the London bombings last...
The 12th General Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) ended Tuesday with members of Arab states calling on the United Nations to adopt a resolution which bans offenses against religion, including Islam....
Pakistan president urges UN to criminalize blasphemy after cartoons furor
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday he will lobby the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to make blasphemy an internationally-recognized criminal offense in the wake of controversy...
India editor arrested, Malaysia paper apologizes over Muslim cartoons
Indian officials have arrested Alok Tomar, editor of the obscure Indian magazine Senior India, for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Officials charged Tomar with hurting religious sentiments in India, although it is unknown whether the...
Muhammad cartoons prompt charges in Belarus as Canada press cleared
Belarus newspaper Zgoda has been criminally charged for reprinting cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad that have sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. The Belarus State Security Committee , still known as...
International brief ~ Sudan rejects UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudan has issued a formal protest to the UN Envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk over his lobbying for a UN peacekeeping force in the Darfur region , and has rejected the growing call...
Denmark may ban religious slander after Muhammad cartoons furor
The Danish ambassador to Saudi Arabia has said that Denmark will take steps to ban religious slander in accordance with Danish and European laws, according to reports Monday. As a result of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet...
Muhammad cartoons furor kills 15 in Nigeria as Saudi papers print newspaper apology
A Saturday protest by Nigerian Muslims in the northeastern city of Maiduguru over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad led to sectarian violence in which at least 15 people were killed, 15 Christian churches...
JURIST Guest Columnist Bernard Freamon of Seton Hall University Law School says that Danish prosecutors should revisit their decision not to charge the Danish newspaper editors responsible for the initial printing of the satirical Muhammad cartoons before the worldwide violence...